Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-02-19
A. o. L. W.
The Work Accomplished at the Recent
 Grand Lodge Meeting

The Work Accomplished at the Recent
 Grand Lodge Meeting
 The great number of members oi this most excellent fraternity residing in Arz1aa, will naturally tsse cunsidera- ble interest in the lGba.5 o' :ha Grand Lodge. which met iu Pueblo, Colorado, on Tuesday. Feb. sth. Many changes were made iu the laws sai steps were taken 10 push the membership up to a better limit,
 Taere we're present ell the grand off ccrs and representatives from every lodge in the jurisdiction of Colorado, New Mexlco aud Arizona, exceptingtso
 The representation of subordinate lodges in the Grand Lodge was chang ed, giving the one representative of s lodge of loo members, two votes aud one additional vote for each additional fifty members. The representatives are to bo elected Gt the last stated m-eting in November preceding the Grand Loiye meeting.
 Various minor changes weTe made 10 tie Grand Lodge constitution, among them the provision requiring lee .ur dis3ensations was repealed; the psr capita tax reduced to one dollar per year: requiring fifteen petitioners for ,ne Instltation of new lodge, aud the method of changing the laws during the recess of the Grand Lodge was pro yided for
 X new and entire beneficiary article was adopted, differing in mauy miusr da.pils from the article under which thiz iuridictiors has been working.
 The subordinate lodge constitution was changed n several details. The c,s, of copferring degrees wEs fixed at +l1a minimum sum Of S2 for hO.h degrees; tbs time of the election of officers was changed from December and June to November and May; the trustees are made ineligible to the contemporaneous ollie cf FinRncier or Receiver; an aui- ting committee provided Tor 10 examine the bocks of the officers monthly and re- port n writing ct the first stated meet lug of each month; the minimum or lodge dues was fixed at twenty-five cents per month, new system ot records and accounts was adopted; a resolution WAS adopted debarring the admissiOn oi manufacturers and sellers of hquors, bar keepers and those using IntoSicatihS houors habituslly to excess.
 Aid was extended the publication oI an official organ, to be published m Denver. and a general circulation among the lodges arranged for.
 The Grand Recorder was allowed an assistant at S6J0 per year. in order to
 
 give him time to push the work ot or Sanizing lodges without Getrlment To fine work of his office. Mir. Boyd is good organizer and hIs services ID the field were deemed of sufficient value 10 warrant this expenditure.
 The following are the newly elected and installed officers of tho Grand Lodge:
 Grand Master Workman-John h. Shireman. of Pueblo.
 Grand Foreman-S. J. Rose, Long mont T,, SVi;' Grsnd Recorder-W. T. Boyd, Denver.
 Grand Guiis-ChrIs, Wiesand' Las Grand Watchmsn-C. E. Cook, Como.
 Grand TreasuTer-J. c. ShastueA' Denver p.,11s-
 Medical Exsminer-Jesse HsEes, tree ley. s.I.,5ga. G W. Brown, Tucson; John w. Day Bonlder. and W. T. Boyd, oi Denver;
 The next meeting ot the Grand Louse will take place al Colorado Sprinss' Colorado. on the second Tuesday lh
 The members of the order in Pdeol9 a1Iended many cOurtesIes to the trAnu Lodge and their kindnesses will be Ions remembered by those who particlpsseu ;n the third biennial session,